Hello everyone,

unless you are completely blind, you have probably already heard of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, where people pour ice water over themselves to “raise awareness” of the ALS issue, a relatively rare but very nasty disease, rendering its victims immobile and ultimately killing them. Well, Wargaming was “nominated” (or whatever it’s called) by one Russian portal and – well, as you can see, they accepted.

Personally, I’m… somewhat skeptical to this. I mean, I guess it’s a good thing that more people know about it (before this entire thing, I had no idea such a thing existed), but jumping every bandwagon there is on the internet… I don’t know. But if it really helps that a bunch of guys go out and pour water over themselves… yea, why not.

Hello everyone,

once again it’s the time to thank the contributors, it’s you who keep FTR running after all! This time, following people donated via Paypal:

Adam S. (United Kingdom)
Korui (Spain)
Wintersturm (Germany) – thanks for a generous donation mate!
Henning S. (Germany)

Thank you all, guys. I really appreciate it.

The best way to help me and FTR is via the Patreon service

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This is the Patreon account of For the Record. In case you read this for the first time and feel like contributing, here is an explanation what it is, how it works and how to contribute. You can find a list of all those, who pledged and help to keep FTR running here.

Thank you all!

Source: FTR VK community

New tier 7 Soviet light tank.

Stats for 100 percent crew

Weight: 22,680 tons
Hitpoints: 950
Viewrange: 390
Radio range: 761,3

Hull armor: 90/45/?
Turret armor: 90/75/?
Engine: 700 hp
Power-to-weight: 30,86 hp/t
Maximum speed: 68/20
Hull traverse: 48 deg/s
Ground resistance: 0,863/0,959/1,534

Gun: 85mm
Penetration: 170
Damage: 180
DPM: 2208,4
Reload: 4,89s
ROF: 12,269
Accuracy: 0,345
Aimtime: 2,01s
Depression: -3/+15
Turret traverse: 50,1 deg/s

Source: http://forum.worldoftanks.asia/index.php?/topic/44161-brideshead-ehh-murovanka-revisited-sneak-preview-from-93/

Hello everyone,

not exactly a supertest thing, but this is apparently how Murovanka will be reworked in 9.3.

Hello everyone,

today, we are going to have a look at another of the Czechoslovak prototypes, the Škoda Š-II, also known as “Střední Útočný” (S.U., “medium assault vehicle”).

Š-II was one of the earliest Škoda prototypes and an answer to the Praga P-II (also known as LT Vz.34, which preceded the better known LT Vz.35). It was designed by the end of 1933 and built in early 1934 (factory trials took place in summer) and was originally designated as “Střední Útočný Vůz” (“medium assault vehicle”), but according to the new designation rules and classes, it was redesignated to Š-II (Škoda, 2nd category – light tanks). In October 1934, the prototype was presented to the Ministry of Defense representatives at Milovice proving grounds (it was sent there on 11.10.1934) and one month later, in November, it was also shown to the representatives of Romania and Yugoslavia (the result of the trials however is not known).

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Thanks to Hiroshi Furusawa for sharing this!

Yesterday, on 24.8.2014, Japanese military excercise called Fuji Firepower 2014 took place in Japan. It was apparently more like a show for public and here’s a video – you can see all sorts of Japanese tech there, including the Type 74, self-propelled guns, AA guns and others. Pretty interesting I would say.

Hello everyone,

remember how the August missions and events got leaked? Well, guess what got leaked as well – September EU events and missions.

As reported earlier, the tier 10 discounts in September will be Chinese 121 (via light line) and British arty Conqueror GC.

Monthly events

3.9.-1.10. “Prepare your Anus Stronghold”
- win a battle and survive a Skirmish, 2000 bonus XP
- gain 5000 XP in Stronghold mode, get 2 gold fire extinguishers (doable twice per day)
- complete abovementioned mission 15 times, get 250k credits

1.9.-1.10. “Monthly missions”

A special event to grind for a “very exclusive” KV-220 – morale of the story: if WG tells you that a tank is “exclusive”, don’t buy it. Ever. You’ll get it for free.

- deal 12k damage, spot for 12k spotting damage, destroy 5 enemy tanks and gain 12,5k base XP (x2, prem bonus don’t count) in a tier 5+ light tank, get 2000 XP bonus, once per day
- complete the mission above 5 times, get 1 day of prem account
- complete the mission 10 times, another 1 day of prem account
- complete the mission 15 times, another 1 day of prem account
- complete the mission 25 times, get KV-220

- deal 20k damage, destroy 25 enemy tanks and gain 13,5k base XP (x2, prem bonus don’t count) in a tier 6+ medium tank, get 2000 XP bonus, once per day
- complete the mission above 5 times, get 1 day of prem account
- complete the mission 10 times, another 1 day of prem account
- complete the mission 15 times, another 1 day of prem account
- complete the mission 25 times, get Type 62 + garage slot

Weekly events and weekends

2.9.-6.9. “Back to School week”

- consumables and garage slots 50 percent discount
- play a random/team battle, tier 4+ tank, must be in top 10 in XP, get double crew XP
- win 2 random/team battles in a tier 4+ German tank, must be in top 10 in XP, get a chocolate consumable (3 times per account)
(same mission applies to all the nations with their respective “food” consumables)
- complete the mission for every nation at least once, get 1 day of premium time

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Hello everyone,

well, as you probably noticed from the previous post, WG EU September roster got leaked. Again. So, you’ll be probably happy to hear that you will be able to get the Type 62 and KV-220 as well.

1.9.-1.10. “Monthly missions”

A special event to grind for a “very exclusive” KV-220 – moral of the story: if WG tells you that a tank is “exclusive”, don’t buy it. Ever. You’ll get it for free later on.

Light tank missions

- deal 12k damage, spot for 12k spotting damage, destroy 5 enemy tanks and gain 12,5k base XP (x2, prem bonus don’t count) in a tier 5+ light tank, get 2000 XP bonus, once per day
- complete the mission above 5 times, get 1 day of prem account
- complete the mission 10 times, another 1 day of prem account
- complete the mission 15 times, another 1 day of prem account
- complete the mission 25 times, get KV-220 + garage slot

Medium tank missions

- deal 20k damage, destroy 25 enemy tanks and gain 13,5k base XP (x2, prem bonus don’t count) in a tier 6+ medium tank, get 2000 XP bonus, once per day
- complete the mission above 5 times, get 1 day of prem account
- complete the mission 10 times, another 1 day of prem account
- complete the mission 15 times, another 1 day of prem account
- complete the mission 25 times, get Type 62 + garage slot

ASIA server has the same event as well, just with a slightly different rules.

Hello everyone,

the Top of the Tree for September on EU server (tier 10 discounts and such) will be as such:

30 percent discount, 15 percent income

1.9.-15.9. – Chinese “121″ medium tank, via the line WZ-132, WZ-120, 121
15.9.-1.10. – British “Conqueror Gun Carrier”